The Secret History
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What’s it about?
A working-class student infiltrates an elite classics clique at a Vermont college, only to discover their pursuit of beauty and transcendence leads to murder and moral ruin.
You’ll learn
- Beauty without ethics corrupts absolutely
- Intellectual arrogance breeds moral blindness
- Shared guilt destroys human bonds
- The pursuit of transcendence can justify atrocity